OK, the check ain't cleared yet, but after writing for at least 15 years, here's my first paid gig, and my first regular column. I cut out the ad on the second page for Sapp's Pawn & Gun.

Sorry about the huge size. (If I had a nickel for every time I've had to say that over the years... I'd be broke.) But otherwise it gets illegible real quick. Plus you lose the hilarity of my photo.